What Greek Christmas cookies are honey-dipped and topped with walnuts?

The Greek Christmas cookies that are honey-dipped and topped with walnuts are melomakarona.

Melomakarona are usually oval, spiced cookies made with flour or semolina, olive oil, orange zest or juice, cinnamon, and clove. After baking, they are briefly soaked in a syrup made from honey, sugar, and water. Crushed or chopped walnuts are then scattered over the surface, giving the cookies their characteristic glossy, fragrant finish.

They are a major Greek Christmas tradition and are often prepared alongside kourabiedes, the contrasting powdered-sugar almond shortbread. Melomakarona are sometimes filled with walnuts and may also be coated in chocolate in modern variations. Their history is commonly connected to makaria, older funeral cakes or sweets; adding honey is thought to have helped produce the later name, combining meli, “honey,” with makaria. Finikia is a regional or alternate name for similar cookies.